Creativity may be fleeting, but intellectual copyrights last decades. Songwriters are smart to secure their work with the copyright office. It's amorphous, intangible and often otherworldly. An artist might be inspired by the beauty or pain they've experienced in the past.
The broad scope of imagination defies the legal boundaries meant to protect it. We live in a litigious society where disputes are often settled in courtrooms. The case was heard and dismissed on the grounds of insufficient evidence. The plaintiff lost every case.īob Dylan was sued by a man claiming to have written fourteen songs which Dylan later stole lyrical fragments from. In 1946, Cole Porter found himself in six lawsuits with a man claiming to have written some of Porter's most famous songs. In 1902, the historic Baptist hymn, "Amazing Grace" was the centerpiece of a plagiarism lawsuit. They have been argued in court for centuries. Allegations of plagiarism are not unusual in the record business. Satriani believes Coldplay stole the main melody from his version of the song. Satriani claimed the band's song, "Viva La Vida" was stolen from his 2004 instrumental song, "If I could Fly".
Last Thursday, guitarist Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit against the rock band Coldplay for copyright infringement. This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW.
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